Dear Uc

I understand your concern for safety and avoiding conflict as far as possible. Sometimes we need to be loud and assertive.

Your child may be soft for his age. However telling them not to speak up isn’t right. They will grow timid, get walked all over by others then. Ideally your child should have been instructed to come to you in this case, you should have gone to the stranger and given him a talking to loudly that if has a problem, he better tell you and not shout at your child. It is not his job to discipline your kids.

Look at them straight in the eye, be calm but slightly pissed looking and make your point – mg mom normally does this and scares the shit out of people.

Children learn from their parents behaviour. If you aren’t assertive during correct time, your kid will not differentiate between when to draw a fight and when not to.

And who gives a shit if he said something about you to those damn families? They can go to hell, your kids well being is most important. Come on, who cares what some random kid says – go to the park again after a while, don’t teach your kid this whole run away from situations thing – take someone else along, go in a proper group next time. Don’t allow yourself to get bullied like this.

In public places, always be loud but don’t start screaming.

I hope the experienced moms here will have better points to add. Please don’t be scared, I am sure everything is fine.

Regards,
Nina